The year is 1999, and does the podcast for make you uncomfortable?

The movie? The Big Lubbowski. Hello, everyone, and welcome to unspooled.

I am Paul Shear, joined as always by Amy Nicholson. Amy, how are you?

I am lovely. Paul, I've got some

big news. What is your news? I am the new film critic of the Los Angeles Times. Hello.

Amazing. Congratulations, Amy. And I acted there. I knew it, and I've been thrilled about this announcement.

People online have been going wild. You deserve this. It's a huge, huge honor. And I have to say,

you have so many fans that have been just sending you so many flowers for this. I mean,

truly awesome, awesome job.

Oh, thank you, buddy. I'm following in the footsteps of my friends, Justin Chang, Kenneth Tehran.

A little nervous about it, sitting at Kenneth Terran's old desk. I posted this. He left behind

the entire set of Tropic Thunder bubbleheads from 2008.

That is amazing.

And I'm going to give you something to complete that collection next time I see you, because I saw that, and I have an idea that I think will tie the whole desk together, much like this rug that we're going to be talking about in just a little bit in the Big Lobowski. But Amy,

to be at the forefront of film reporting in Los Angeles, it doesn't get any better. It doesn't get

any higher than that. And it's just why we are so lucky to have you. And we hope you do not

get kidnapped. If I do get kidnapped, my toenail polish is

opi, big apple red. Well, now, Amy, you've told everybody. So now they'll know and I'll know,

and now I'll just wind up giving somebody a big amount of ransom. And I won't even know if you're

truly kidnapped. But I would do it for you because you are my friend, my partner. And this movie, I think, has some

similarities to that. There's a lot of partnerships that start with the Big Lobowski. And I think at the

forefront is Joel and Ethan Cohen. I mean, partners, brothers. I mean, 1998 is a big year. and the Coens, they release the Hudsucker

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